Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4388
מַכְתֵּשׁ
makh.tesh · “hollow”
Used 2 times across 2 books
Definition
mortar
Where it appears
Judges1
Proverbs1
In the text
Judges 15:19But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En–hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.Proverbs 27:22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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